“The decision to move to this new process underscores our long-standing relationship between TSMC and NVIDIA,” stated Di Ma, vice president of operations at NVIDIA. "This new manufacturing technology, along with numerous architectural enhancements, enables us to continue delivering products that allow end users to interact with a wide variety of digital devices. We look forward to the new opportunities this advancement will allow us.”

"TSMC is committed to innovative collaboration with forward-looking companies such as NVIDIA," said Kenneth Kin, senior vice president of worldwide marketing and sales for TSMC. "Through these relationships, we can deliver technology platforms that create new opportunities for our customers."

TSMC’s 0.11 micron process technology is fundamentally a photolithographic shrink of its industry-leading 0.13 micron process. The process will be available in both high-performance and general-purpose versions using FSG-based dielectrics. Though actual results are design-dependent, TSMC’s 0.11 micron high-performance process also includes transistor enhancements that improve speed and reduce power consumption relative to its 0.13 micron FSG-based technology.

TSMC began 0.11 micron high-performance technology development in 2002 and product qualified the process in December of 2003. Design rules, design guidelines, SPICE and SRAM models have been developed, and third-party compilers are expected to be available in March. Yields have already reached production-worthy levels and the low-voltage version has already ramped into volume production. The 0.11 micron general-purpose technology is expected to enter risk production in the first quarter of next year.

About NVIDIANVIDIA Corporation is a market leader in visual computing technology dedicated to creating products that enhance the interactive experience on consumer and professional computing platforms. Its graphics and communications processors have broad market reach and are incorporated into a wide variety of computing platforms, including consumer digital-media PCs, enterprise PCs, professional workstations, digital content creation systems, notebook PCs, military navigation systems and video game consoles. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and employs more than 1,700 people worldwide. For more information, visit the Company’s Web site at www.nvidia.com.

About TSMCTSMC is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, providing the industry's leading process technology and the foundry industry's largest portfolio of process-proven library, IP, design tools and reference flows. The company operates one advanced 300mm wafer fab, five eight-inch fabs and one six-inch wafer fab. TSMC also has substantial capacity commitments at two joint ventures fabs (VIS and SSMC) and at its wholly-owned subsidiary, WaferTech. In early 2001, TSMC became the first IC manufacturer to announce a 90-nm technology alignment program with its customers. TSMC's corporate headquarters are in Hsin-chu, Taiwan. For more information about TSMC see http://www.tsmc.com.